Denver Broncos Assistant Coaches and Coaching Staff 2023

Sean Payton is Denver Broncos Head Coach, he took over the position in February of this year. Before joining Broncos, he was the coach of the New Orleans.

Payton is an NFL player turned coach, he played as quarterback for Bears, Brusiders, Panthers, and many more. He became a Hall of Famer in Eastern Illinois. 

In his coaching career with the Saints, he took them to NFL playoffs multiple times and became successful to win Super Bowl against the AFC champion Indianapolis Colts in 2010. 

Saints were considered underdogs in their conference, he took them to playoffs multiple times thus he was awarded the AP Coach of the Year in 2006. 

San Mateo-born coach has an impressive run, he started out as a quarterbacks coach for the Eagles, an offensive coordinator with the NY Giants, and assistant head coach of the Cowboys before becoming Saint’s head mentor. 

Denver Broncos Offensive Coordinator is Joe Lombardi, he holds eighteen years of experience in the job. He is a neatly tidied-up dude and a graduate of the Air Force Academy. 

Lombardi has not played before, he jumped straight into coaching. Joe might have realized his calling after all he is the grandson of NFL Hall-of-Famer coach Vince Lombardi. 

During the tenure of Sean Payton in New Orleans, Joe served as an offensive assistant and quarterback coach in the 2008-2009 season. Drew Brees QB of New Orleans, has multiple records in the tenure of Lombardi. 

Similarly, he also won Super Bowl with Payton and the team. He joined Detroit Lions after the end of his contract with the Saints but he was re-hired by the management to perform duties of quarterback coach. 

During his time with the Charger’s offensive coordinator, he faced some criticism for his decisions but at present, he has become the part of Broncos. 

Zach Gorssi

It is the second season of Zach with the Broncos, in the past year, he helped the NFL team by coaching wide receivers. 

Logan Kilgore

Before joining the Denver team in 2023, he was an assistant coach at the Arkansas State Red Wolves in 2021. He performed the duties of Tight End coach at Arkansas State. 

Austin King

The former NFL center is now, an assistant quality control coach at Denver. He was also an assistant offensive line coach for the Bears in the 2022 season. 

Zach Strief

Strief was a former offensive tackle player and won SuperBowl with the Saints as a player. He also performed the role of offensive coach with New Orleans later transferring to the Denver Broncos this year. 

Favian Upshaw

Upshaw is a former player, he currently works as an assistant coach in the offensive quality control department. He has one year of experience in the NFL as a mentor. 

Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator is Vance Joseph. He was a former player for the Jets and Colts. He had a short playing career but Joseph compensated with his exemplary career as a mentor. 

Initially, he was a defensive back coach for Colorado University. Before, that he joined as a graduate assistant in the uni and transferred to Bowling Green, from Colorado for an upgraded position. 

In NFL, he has joined hands with multiple Western and Eastern conference teams. It is his second return to the Broncos. He assumed the position of head coach in the 2017-18 season temporarily, before joining the Cardinals for a year. 

Unfortunately, he was soon fired as head coach due to consecutive losses in 2018 and average season in 2017. The poor performance was the result of his expulsion. 

Marcus Dixon

Dixon has five years of coaching career in the defense. In his NFL career, he was a defensive end for the Cowboys and Jets. It is his second year with the Broncos.

Before coming to Denver, he was assistant defensive line coach for L. A Rams and Hampton. He achieved the Super Bowl title with the Rams in the 2022 season. 

Addison Lynch

Lynch holds the title of defensive quality control coach, he boasts six years of experience with the Broncos, but the former college player has accumulated twelve years of experience in coaching. 

Christian Parker

Christian Parker has been with the Broncos for the past two years. He was named defensive back coach in 2021. He has a cumulative experience of four years in coaching. 

Parker had an impressive collegiate career with multiple football universities like Texas A&M, Notre Dame, Norfolk State University, and Virginia State University.

 Isaac Shewmaker

2023 is Shewmaker’s first season with the Broncos. He has taken charge as a defensive quality control coach. He has served as a coach for seven years, his last two season was with Chargers.

Joe Vitt

Joe Vitt is the senior defensive assistant of Denver, he has been 42 years on the job. That said, 2023 shall mark his 42nd season in the NFL. 

Before Broncos, he has worked with nine NFL clubs and helped bolster five franchises for consecutive seasons. 

Denver Broncos General Manager is George Paton, he might not be the highest-paid GM in the sports but Paton holds a notable career as an executive. 

Paton was a scouting Intern for the Bears in the late 90s. He became assistant director of pro-personnel in the 2000s. After spending 13 years with the Vikings in a super bowl chase, he assumed the position of general manager in 2020. 

George became part of Denver’s team in 2021, he agreed to a six-year deal with the Orange Crush which shall prove Paton a lucrative deal if he were to become a successful team in his tenure. 

Besides, he not only holds executive experience but is able to relate with players as well. George was the part of UCLA football squad in his college career. 

However, he called his football career quits quite soon and pursued the profession as an executive. Also, all staff of the NFL team are as follows;

Denver Broncos Owner

Denver Broncos’ majority owner is Samuel Robson Walton aka Rob Walton. He is also chairman of Walmart and the 18th richest person in the world. 

He purchased Pat Bowlen’s stake of $4.65 billion which became an expensive purchase of a sports franchise in history. Walton handed down his power to his son-in-law Greg Penner who assumed the position of CEO.

The family own business has not been doing well since 2022. Walton and his siblings suffered a loss of $27 billion due to a decrease in the share market price of Walmart. 

Broncos had one of the disastrous seasons in 2022, they ended the year with a 5-12 record and 22 players who were injured reserve. 

Mike Westhoff

Westhoff is the assistant head coach, he carries cumulative 32 years of experience in the job. Before taking over the Broncos position, he was Saint’s special team coach for a year. 

Mike went into hiatus in 2020, he was later hired to work under Sean thus he has a long resume of experience with six NFL teams. 

Paul Kelly

Kelly is the selected personnel of Payton, he directly works as an assistant to Sean. He previously worked as Washington’s Commanders of football operations. 

He is an organizer and has been on the job for 23 years, he is responsible for the team’s travel, budgets, and planning of training camp. 

Jamar Cain

Cain is the rush pass specialist, he is a former student-athlete and specialist who has mainly worked with NCAA teams such as Cal Poly, Fresno, Oklahoma State, and LSU. 

Greg Manusky

Greg watches over inside linebackers, he has worked for five clubs and has coached the University of Kentucky. He was also hired by the Vikings in the past year which greatly improved their team’s defense. 

Lou Ayeni

Ayeni is with Denver for a year. He had an impressive 15 years of college football career. He is handling the duties of running back but he is also experienced in other offensive and defensive tactics.